Microsoft 74-343 Exam Practice Questions (P. 2)
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Question #6
DRAG DROP -
Your company uses Project Professional 2013.
You are a program manager in charge of a multi-program software integration project. The project is scheduled from January 1, 2012-August 3, 2013. You have a consultant resource that charges a different rate based on each task completed. Tasks 1 through 9 are billed at a rate of $150.00 per hour. Tasks 10 through 20 are billed at a rate of $175.00 per hour.
You need to set up your schedule to ensure that the correct resource rate is associated with the correct tasks.
Which two actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate two actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Select and Place:

Your company uses Project Professional 2013.
You are a program manager in charge of a multi-program software integration project. The project is scheduled from January 1, 2012-August 3, 2013. You have a consultant resource that charges a different rate based on each task completed. Tasks 1 through 9 are billed at a rate of $150.00 per hour. Tasks 10 through 20 are billed at a rate of $175.00 per hour.
You need to set up your schedule to ensure that the correct resource rate is associated with the correct tasks.
Which two actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate two actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Select and Place:

Correct Answer:
Note:
* You can model these more complex billing schemes by using rate-table features in Project:
1. Right-click the resource, and from the list select Information.
2. On the Resource Information dialog, click the Costs tab.
3. In the Cost rate tables, click the A (Default) tab.
4. In the Effective Date column, enter the date when the rate change takes effect.
5. In the Standard Rate and Overtime Rate columns, type the resource rates.
6. To enter a rate change that takes place on another date, in the additional rows of the cost rate tables, type or select the new date, and the new standard rates and overtime rates.
7. To enter additional sets of pay rates for the same resource, click the B tab, and then repeat steps 3-5.
Reference: Enter costs for resources

Note:
* You can model these more complex billing schemes by using rate-table features in Project:
1. Right-click the resource, and from the list select Information.
2. On the Resource Information dialog, click the Costs tab.
3. In the Cost rate tables, click the A (Default) tab.
4. In the Effective Date column, enter the date when the rate change takes effect.
5. In the Standard Rate and Overtime Rate columns, type the resource rates.
6. To enter a rate change that takes place on another date, in the additional rows of the cost rate tables, type or select the new date, and the new standard rates and overtime rates.
7. To enter additional sets of pay rates for the same resource, click the B tab, and then repeat steps 3-5.
Reference: Enter costs for resources
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Question #7
Your organization uses Microsoft Project 2013.
You are finalizing the Project Schedule for a very complex project with over 100 resources.
You need to ensure that all tasks are assigned to resources.
What should you do?
You are finalizing the Project Schedule for a very complex project with over 100 resources.
You need to ensure that all tasks are assigned to resources.
What should you do?
- AUse Task Usage view and look for Unassigned tasks.
- BUse Resource Graph view and look for the Unassigned resource name.
- CUse Resource Usage view and look for the Unassigned resource name.
- DUse Resource Sheet view and look for Unassigned tasks.
Correct Answer:
C
C
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Question #8
You are a project manager who uses Project Professional 2013.
You work on a construction project that requires propane as a fuel source for your equipment. The foreman requires that you enter project costs associated with all work completed on your project.
The propane costs $5.00 per gallon, and the tank holds 500 gallons of propane. Each time the tank is refilled, you must pay a fee of $20.
You need to enter the propane costs into your project schedule prior to filling the propane tank for the first time.
What should you do?
You work on a construction project that requires propane as a fuel source for your equipment. The foreman requires that you enter project costs associated with all work completed on your project.
The propane costs $5.00 per gallon, and the tank holds 500 gallons of propane. Each time the tank is refilled, you must pay a fee of $20.
You need to enter the propane costs into your project schedule prior to filling the propane tank for the first time.
What should you do?
- ACreate a material resource with a material label of gallons. Enter $20 in the cost per use and $5.00 in the standard rate.
- BCreate a cost resource, add the resource to a task, and enter $25 in the actual cost.
- CCreate a material resource with a material label of gallons. Enter $20 in the standard rate and $5.00 in the cost per use.
- DCreate a cost resource, add the resource to a task, and enter $2520 in the actual cost.
Correct Answer:
B
B
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Question #9
You are a project manager for a software development company. You use Project Professional 2013.
You manage an integration project, and you discover that you need to add additional resources to the integration tasks in order to meet your development complete milestone date. The project is behind schedule, so you must shorten the duration of the integration development work.
You identify two additional resources to work on the integration task. When you add these resources, your task now shows it will complete three days ahead of schedule, which leaves a contingency window for issues that may arise.
In order to shorten the duration of the task when the resources are added, you need to set the task type before adding the resources.
What should you do?
You manage an integration project, and you discover that you need to add additional resources to the integration tasks in order to meet your development complete milestone date. The project is behind schedule, so you must shorten the duration of the integration development work.
You identify two additional resources to work on the integration task. When you add these resources, your task now shows it will complete three days ahead of schedule, which leaves a contingency window for issues that may arise.
In order to shorten the duration of the task when the resources are added, you need to set the task type before adding the resources.
What should you do?
- AUse an automatically scheduled task and set the task type to fixed duration.
- BUse a manually scheduled task and set the task type to fixed work.
- CUse an automatically scheduled task and set the task type to fixed work.
- DUse a manually scheduled task and set the task type to fixed duration.
Correct Answer:
C
C
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Question #10
You are a project manager, and your organization uses Project Professional 2013.
You have created a detailed project schedule and have identified two tasks that are causing your resource to be overallocated.
You need to use the Team Planner to reassign these tasks from the overallocated resources to underallocated resources with the same skill set.
What should you do?
You have created a detailed project schedule and have identified two tasks that are causing your resource to be overallocated.
You need to use the Team Planner to reassign these tasks from the overallocated resources to underallocated resources with the same skill set.
What should you do?
- ARight-click the task and reassign it to the underallocated resource.
- BDrag the underallocated resource on the task to reassign it.
- CDrag one of the tasks from the overallocated resource to the Unassigned Tasks section.
- DRight-click the resource and reassign it to the underallocated resource.
Correct Answer:
A
A
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